A fine folk showcase provided by the good folks at The Holy Oak was just what I was looking for on a recent Tuesday night. Though I’ve caught The Weather Station many times since the release of her sophomore album All Of It Was Mine (buy it/it’s incredible), this was the first time I’d seen her play completely unaccompanied in quite some time. The intimate show gave her the chance to showcase some brand new material, posted below. Nick Ferrio, on the otherhand, I hadn’t seen play in years, going back to my Oshawa-days. He’d swing by The Velvet Elvis every few months with one group or another — The Burning Hell, Weird Weather, The Bloody Miracles — or solo, but that was ages ago and I was super excited to get a chance to see what he’s up to right now. He’s got a shit-hot backing band now and a whole stack of soon to be classic songs, including “Searching For a Way,” posted right up top.
Nick mentioned onstage that he’s just returned from Welland where he put some songs to tape with lil’ Ian Romano. Looking forward to that. In the meantime, him and his band are attempting to put out an EP each month in 2012 themed around different feelings. January’s EP was fittingly titled Depression.
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